Ironing board



J. N. FARIS IRONING .BOARD Filed March '7. 1925 H/.s ANDRA/EY Patented Dec. 1, 1925.

UNITED STATES TOI-IN N. FABIS, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

'IRONING- BOARD.

Application filed March 7, 1923.

To all whom it may concer/n.'

Be it hereby known that l, JOHN N. FARIS, a citizen oi' the United States, and a resident of Portland, in the county ot Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented a new and useful Ironing Board, ot which the tollowing is a specilication.

`This invention relates more particularly to boards for ironing clothes by hand.

An object oi my invention is to provide an exceedingly simple and eiiicient ironing board having great rigidity.

A further object is to provide an extensible table under the ironing board for clothes about to be ironed and for supporting the overhanging edges of clothes being ironed and to prevent their touching the floor.

I accomplish these results in the manner described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation 01"' my ironing board ot which Figure 2 is a plan and Figure 3 an end elevation showing the supporting table or trays extended. Figure l1- is a small scale side elevation showing the board 'folded up. Figure 5 is a section through the over-lapping ends of the sliding trays.

Similar numbers of reference refer to the same or similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring in detail to the drawing, I have constructed my device of the usual ironing board provided under its square end 11 with a pair of standards 12 to which are hinged the upright legs 13 on the rod 11i. A horizontal -frame consisting of the side pieces 15 and the end pieces 16 is hinged to the legs 13 by means of the rivets 17. The short legs 18 are also hinged to the member 15 but at its opposite end from the legs 13 by means of the rivets 19. Cross ties 2O and braces 21 hold the legs rigid in a transverse position. rThe folding braces 22 hold the legs 13 in their proper relation to the members 15.

Across the top of the members 15 I have placed the sliding shelves or trays consistingl oi spaced slats 23 secured at their outer ends to the ledges 24 and at their inner ends to the small cleats 25. A stationary cleat 26 which is secured on the short blocks 26A which are secured on the member` 27 holds the inner .ends .of the ,slats 23 down. against the sup- Serial No. 623,390.

porting member 27 which is secured to the ends 16 between the members 15.

A stationary slat 28 between a pair of slats 23 has secured thereon a block 29 to which, by means ofthe hinge 30, is secured the brace arm 31 whose upper end bears against the cleat 32 on the under side of the board 10. A hook 33 is provided to hold the arm 31 against the cleat 32.

A V-shaped brace 34 is hinged on the rod la and `joined at its lower end by the cleats 35 and bears against the block 29, thereby bracing the board and legs 13 in both directions. A. button 36 is also provided on the under side of the member 27.

Then setting up my ironing board it is only necessary to bring the legs to the position shown in Figure 1, place the braces 31 and 34 in position, fasten the hook 33 and the board is ready 'for work. To take same d own, the operation is reversed and the legs are secured in the position shown in Figure 4t by merely turning the button 33.

The usual pad and cloth cover have been omitted from the drawing as not forming a part of the invention.

I am aware that many forms oi ironing boards have been constructed in the past, I therefore do not claim same broadly but have directed my claim toward a board by special construction which permits of easy setting up and folding, and morel especially to the extensible table under the ironing board.

lNhat l claim as new is:

ln an ironing table, the combination oit a board having an ironing surface and having two legs hinged to and supporting one end thereof with a horizontal trame under said board having two short legs hinged to one end and having its other end hinged to said board supporting legs; brace means 'for supportingthe other end of said ironing board over said frame; and a pair of inde-pendent sliding trays on said traine adapted to be pulled outwardly beyond the edges of said board, said trays consisting of overlapping slats having cleats fastened across the inner and outer ends thereof and having a holding cleat between said inner cleats secured to said frame..

.JOHN N. PARS 

